Phone:
(859) 323-5575
Fax:
(859) 257-8860
Dr. Alvaro Koch
Certification
Internal Medicine (CHILE)
Gastroenterology (CHILE)
Education
University of
Chile
School
of Medicine
Santiago- CHILE
March 1985 - December 1991
Previous Academic Appointments
Instructor of Medicine.
Mayo
Medical School. (Appointed on
Instructor of Medicine. Catholic University of Chile Medical School . (Appointed on October 1, 2000 )
Post-Graduate Education
Internal Medicine Residency , University of Chile Clinical Hospital and School of Medicine Santiago- CHILE,1992 - 1995
Gastroenterology Fellowship
P.
Catholic
University
of ChileClinical Hospital and
School
of
Medicine
Santiago- CHILE 1996 - 1998
Research Fellowship
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Mayo Clinic and Foundation. Rochester , MN
Mentor: Russell Wiesner, M.D.
January 1999 - June 1999
Hepatology Fellowship (UNOS certified)
Mayo Clinic and Foundation. Rochester , MN 1999 - 2000
Languages
English (inglés)
Spanish (español)
Areas of Interest
Hepatology and Liver Transplantation
Autoimmune liver diseases
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
Liver and biliary tumors
Cholangiocarcinoma
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
Viral hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis
Research Interests
Disease recurrence after liver transplantation
Viral hepatitis
Autoimmune liver diseases
Relevant Publications:
González-Koch A, Brahm J, Antezana C, Smok G, Cumsille MA. The combination of ursodeoxycholic acid and methotrexate for primary biliary cirrhosis is not better than ursodeoxycholic acid alone. J Hepatol 1997; 27:143-149
González-Koch A, Nervi F. Medical management of common bile duct stones. World J Surg 1998; 22:1145-1150
Madrid AM, Brahm J, Antezana C, González-Koch A, Defilippi C, Pimentel C, Oksenberg D, Defilippi C. Small bowel motility in primary biliary cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93(12):2436-40
PB Sylvestre, AR Gonzalez-Koch, MB Ishitani. Histoplasmosis in an explant liver with subsequent seeding of the liver allograft. Liver Transplantation 2000; 6(5):643
S Raghavakaimal, A González-Koch, JJ Poterucha, NN Zein, SW Harmsen, TM Thernau, CB Rosen, RH Wiesner, MR Charlton. Early identification of recipients with progressive histologic recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation Hepatology 2000, 32 (5):1125-1130
A González-Koch, AJ Czaja, HA Carpenter, MR Charlton, MK Porayko, S Roberts, CB Rosen, RH Wiesner. Recurrent autoimmune hepatitis after orthotopic liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation 2001; 7: 302-310
